Siouxperman8

Booked airline tix last night to NY for the Stony Brook game. Excited for the year to start.

I saw Gordon play a couple of times in HS and really liked the way he plays. He should be very successful at UND.

Has anybody seen season ticket renewals yet?

For a little guilty pleasure I read the in-game discussion from the Championship game on GPL last night. It was fun to see them go from pulling for Qinnipeac to being resigned to the fact that we would win and just hating on UND.

I am really surprised that UND hockey makes it into the top 200-300 things that Dubay has to worry about. His plate is pretty full.

as rough as that was it looked like DU taps the puck in the net on the weak side if he lets it get through.

I haven't been on much tonight so maybe it has been talked about but did Thompson and Shaw see the ice in the last 10-12 minutes?

The problem for MN in the BTHC is that the schools are so far from Minneapolis that that you get very few visiting fans at the games. Wisconsin is the only school within driving distance. With few visiting fans it is harder to build hockey rivalries and fill up the arena. Mariucci used to see a lot of UND, SCSU and UMD fans for those series. They don't get that now and Notre Dame won't help with that.

The first statement from the Gopher fan was - "You have to remember that no one in MN would want to listen to that." The response was that there are a lot of hockey fans in general and Sioux fans in particular in MN that would have interest in that. I don't expect every show to talk about UND but to say that nobody would be interested isn't true and that is what we were reacting to.

and Gopher apologists please tell us again how they weren't competitive because they had 10 freshmen on their roster - but conveniently forget that UND has 11 freshmen on our roster. You just have the wrong freshman.

I was replying to your statement "You have to remember that no one in MN would want to listen to that." I was pointing out that statement is not true. There are plenty of people in MN who are college hockey fans and also UND fans and would want to listen to that. That and the fact that UND has 8 Minnesota players on their roster. and it is your choice to come onto a UND fan site - but don't expect much other than pro-UND talk. Things must be pretty quiet on GPL which is not surprising considering the state of your program.

You are wrong. There are a ton of UND grads and UND hockey supporters in the TC including me. Not all of those fans that show up for games in the TC come from GF. I listened for a while today but turned it off. They avoid most things that are positive about UND. Check the Trib when NHL'ers are mentioned. If it is a former gopher they print that. If it is a former UND player they write about their HS affiliation or say nothing

Bad penalty by Thompson

In my opinion the U of M doesn't really have a campus atmosphere like most other colleges and I think that hurts them with some recruits. It is almost like a collection of buildings in an office park. It isn't completely dependent on size. Other big schools like Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Michigan State have campuses with more of a 'college' feel to them.

I remember hearing of something like this years ago where a basketball coach did the same thing. He upped it one more level and gave the offender a chair and a cold Coke-cola to drink while his teammates ran.

If this was the first time I had heard the excuse that MN is young and has a lot of freshman I could agree with you. I have been in the Twin Cities for over 30 years now and this line of thinking is pretty constant. You would think that MN is the only team that has players leave early and they always have way more freshmen than anybody else.

I don't understand why everyone here in the Twin Cities tries to give MN a pass because they have 9 freshman. UND has 11 freshman and is one of the top teams in the country again. MN has 3 seniors on their roster and UND has 4. I will take your word for it that none of the UM seniors play but that is an example of the problems with the program too.

The football players at the bb games has been a great start for student support. It would be great if they could find a way to include more of the student body with what they are doing so the students feel part of it and have some kind of bond with the fb players. I think something grass roots like that could carry over to fb games and other sports as well. Maybe through Nodak Nation.

Grady coming back would be great for UND football and for him. I hope it works out.

For those in the Twin Cities - the Saturday game is on CW23

I was at the basketball game last Saturday and it was jersey day for the football team. Everything from Brazil soccer to Cal Ripkin Jr complete with baseball pants, eye black and a baseball glove.

I have kids in school at UND now and they boo because they did it once in protest and now think it is funny. There is no grand conspiracy among the hockey fans.

As much as we loved it, the Sioux name isn't coming back. We need to get past that hope and soon.

One thing that makes it obvious that Bubba is heavily invested in UND is the interest he shows in getting his players and other students to support other teams at UND. He really is the genuine article.

some advice. More ice and more mix